All Unions articles – Page 18
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NewsNegligence claims against GPs rise
Medical negligence claims against GPs have jumped by almost 20 per cent, figures suggest.
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NewsPublic sector pay deals 'outstrip private rises'
Workers in the public sector have enjoyed bigger pay rises than those in private firms despite the government’s attempt to restrain pay, a new report has claimed.
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NewsGovernment warned public sector action will cause 'industrial turmoil'
The government has been warned it faces “industrial turmoil on a massive scale” as unions start planning to step up opposition to spending and job cuts.
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NewsTUC warns over employment rights plans
The employment rights of millions of workers will be hit under government plans to extend the qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal, the TUC has warned.
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NewsEmployment tribunals 'failing' employers and employees
Business leaders have called for changes to help speed up employment tribunals, claiming that the system was “failing” both employers and workers.
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NewsUnions to meet NHS Blood Service over privatisation
Union leaders are to meet officials at the NHS Blood Service as part of their campaign against any moves to privatise the organisation.
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NewsMilton backs increments freeze deal amid congress heckles
Health minister Anne Milton drew heckles at the Royal College of Nursing congress after insisting a national pay increments freeze rejected by the union would remain on the table at local level.
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NewsNurses pass vote of no confidence in Lansley
The Royal College of Nursing has overwhelmingly passed a no confidence motion in health secretary Andrew Lansley and the management of the coalition government’s NHS reform programme.
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NewsReforms could be 'biggest disaster in history' of NHS
The Royal College of Nursing’s chief executive has insisted industrial action must remain an option for nurses and warned that the health reforms could become the “biggest disaster in the history of our public services”.
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Front line 'must be NHS priority'
Health minister Simon Burns has insisted that the NHS must make frontline services a “priority” as new figures were released by a union showing clinical staff accounting for half of planned job losses in the health service.
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NewsTrusts in royal wedding pay row
More than 100 trusts in England are refusing to give enhanced pay rates to staff who work on the day of the royal wedding later this month, union leaders have complained.
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NewsPublic sector managers wary of increased strike threat
Most employers fear increasing levels of industrial action in the next year, especially as public spending cuts start to take effect, a new study reveals.
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NewsUnison poll reveals privatisation unease
A survey of over 2,000 adults by Unison showed that three out of four were opposed to any move to have private companies running parts of the NHS blood and transplant service.
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NewsHealth workers step up cuts fight
Unions and campaign groups will step up protests today against the government’s controversial reforms of the NHS, warning they were costing jobs and damaging services.
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NewsStaffing service hopes pensions proposals will attract private sector
NHS Professionals is in a stronger position to secure private sector investment thanks to moves to scrap pensions safeguards for staff outsourced from the NHS, the service’s departing chief executive has said.
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NewsUnite to parade coffin over 'death' of NHS
A coffin will be paraded outside Parliament today to symbolise the “death” of the NHS as part of a union protest against the government’s health reforms.
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Unison hits out at health pay freeze
The government has come under attack after confirmation that the pay of more than a million health workers is going to be frozen for two years.
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NewsPublic sector workers unhappy, survey reveals
More than half of public sector workers would consider taking industrial action, according to a study released as activists prepare for an anti-cuts protest in London.
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NewsPublic sector executives face performance reviewed pay
Executives in the public sector should have 10 per cent of their pay held back and awarded only through good performance at the end of the year, under “radical” proposals by a government-commissioned report.
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NewsDepartment rejects blood services claims
The Department of Health has rejected claims that it plans to privatise areas of the NHS blood service.